Example sentences of "to do [det] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | First thing is that they would n't actually be able to do that for the reasons you 've stated . |
2 | Would n't you expect me to do that in the circumstances ? ’ he said . |
3 | Er I 'd just like to come back on three fairly brief points that er one of which was mentioned by Michael Courcier , two of which er relate to that , and were helpfully stimulated in discussion during the tea break , erm Michael Courcier , I think if I got him right , said , he did say we ca n't produce demographic forecasts for post two thousand and six but I think he was fairly guarded in saying it it would n't be wise or or whatever , erm I would suggest in this context , and in the context of , and I use the word emerging and I look for advice as to when emerging regional planning guidance , and when will be the end date of that regional planning guidance , I say we should be looking beyond two thousand and six , I say we can look beyond two thousand and six , and I would suggest we do it in the way of arrange , which would be highly appropriate way of doing it , not too dissimilar to road traffic forecasts , low medium and high growth , and if , to put the point simplistically , if we have arrived at a requirement figure of nine seven for Greater York for a specific period , if we were to either project that forward by five or ten years , obviously we could n't just simply go rata , but if you took a low figure and you halved it on the basis of the make up , the demographic make up , of how the nine seven had been arrived at it would be possible to produce a range , that then relates to the question of a new settlement , and the alternatives during the period to two thousand and six , and beyond , of that new settlement , and I go back again to the greenbelt , it is vitally important to do that in the terms of a long term defined greenbelt , therefore again in that context , I would say it is highly desirable , if not necessary , to revisit the periphery of York , it has not been examined in a local plan , it has not been examined in terms of environmental impact , with all due respect to the Greater York working party their , the level of analysis of those peripheral blocks of land was fairly cursory , on a limited number of planning criteria , if a new settlement is to be assessed alongside expansion of Greater York we have to revisit it in much much greater detail . |
4 | He has given me and many of my colleagues the firm impression that he has listened to our recommendations and suggestions , and that he will continue to do that in the years to come . |
5 | She used to do some of the drawings in the Radio Times many years ago before she retired . |
6 | When in 1918 the party needed a social programme for negotiations with Lloyd George , it was to the work of the USRC that they turned ; in 1922 Griffith-Boscawen was able as Minister of Health to do some of the things he had attempted in 1912 ; much of Neville Chamberlain 's work as a reformer of the Poor Law was presaged by a USRC report of 1913 written by Hills . |
7 | ‘ I thought I would be allowed to do some of the stunts but the insurance company cut me out . ’ |
8 | Likewise , you may have to pay other people to do some of the jobs , such as the decorating , that you previously managed yourself . |
9 | He was perfectly entitled to do this by the statutes of the English Faculty ; but there being , at that date , no one in Oxford who could teach it , Lewis had to organize a tutor from Aberystwyth to be brought to Oxford once a week by train . |
10 | You wo n't be able to do much in the fields , it 'll be far too wet for a week or two . |
11 | But since brachiopods were unable to do many of the things that bivalves do very efficiently , it would be unwise to attribute the decline of the brachiopods to diversification of the bivalves . |
12 | I think they 'll have to recognize that it 's gon na be roll your sleeves up and we 're go we are n't gon na be able to do all of the things we wanted to do , and that 's the price we 're gon na have to pay . |
13 | So when we went through it , Kevin was going to do all of the careers officers in York but did n't need to do Mary because she 's part of the adult team and therefore Jane and Julie will have to sort her . |
14 | If you really feel that there is no opportunity in your life for you to do any of the things mentioned ( or anything else which appeals to you ) , try using your imagination . |
15 | I do n't seem to be able to do any of the things she wants me to do . |
16 | It 's quicker to do most of the preparations myself though . ’ |